At the Olympics: time reference

[Dave Wilton]

It's not the case with the swimmer interview, but bear in mind that at least
some of the commentary is being done from the US. I was watching some of the
fencing the other day and the play-by-play (touché-by-touché?) announcer
made the point that he was broadcasting the commentary from NBC's New York
studio.



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Doug Harris
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Subject: Re: At the Olympics: time reference

I imagine that [post-facto dubbing] actually _is_ the case --
but who's fooling who? Anyone who doesn't understand there's
a (significant) time difference from China to the mainland US
should devote less attention to the Olympics and more to what
used to be _basic_ studies in this country.
dh

At 9:46 AM -0500 8/12/08, Barbara Need wrote:
>I have now heard several people at the Olympics, reporters and
>athletes, refer to events which have taken place during the morning
>as having taken place "this evening" (which is when they are showing
>in the States). For instance, last night, a female swimmer, when
>talking about her recently completed gold-medal win, said just that.
>But the meet was in the morning!
>
>Barbara
>
Are you sure "evening" wasn't dubbed in post facto?

LH

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